THE WORLDVIEW OF THE SPANISH TRANSITION IN THE MOVIE JOAN THE MAD... ONCE IN A WHILE A MANUAL FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORICAL COMEDY OF THE EIGHTIES

• Published in: SEECI 2000 2019-03 (48), p.17-42
• Main Authors: Paradas, Antonio Rafael Fernández, Guzmán, Rubén Sánchez
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Art history; Editorials; Motion pictures; Spectatorship
• ISSN: 1575-9628; 1576-3420
• DOI: 10.15198/seeci.2019.48.17-43

Joan the Madf reactions to a movie It can be considered that the pioneer in this genre (a pure ludicrous farce with recognizable historical characters) was Christopher Columbus, a discoverer by trade (1983), produced by José Frade and directed by Mariano Ozores, a tandem that had previously worked together in other comedies The magical league (1980) and Magical witches (1981), following the trail of Magic powders (1979), the first comedy set in a context of terror, which had an extraordinary commercial yield. The specialized critics did not take it long to tear it apart, but the critic Diego Galán in El País, on December 12, 1983, recognized José Frade as the creator of this "undoubtedly profitable comedy formula", however, audience attendance and box office receipts were not as expected (370.469 spectators and 468.283.76 Euros) and Frade abandoned "the invention". To this end, different instruments were articulated, such as a film rating board, and the one never seen to date, the granting of subsidies to finance the production of these films, that is, the board with its quality criteria financed a certain cinema, leaving the commercial cinema that until that moment filled the movie theaters outside of that game (Utrera Macías, 2005). Expert appraiser in antiques and works of art in the art department and auction room Lamas Bolaño in Madrid, performing functions of appraisal, cataloging and personalized advice. ruben [e-mail] 1Antonio Rafael Fernández Paradas: Doctor in History of Art from the University of Malaga.